Unfortunately, the bean counters at Gannett and the other media outlets that have been cutting and slashing will look at this as another excuse to cut staff.

They don't have a fucking clue that their cuts to the product have contributed to the precipitous decline in newspaper relevance and in sales of the product. It's the age-old maxim: You've got to spend money to make money. They continue to put out inferior products, charge more for them, and expect people to not notice.

I used to say that people's IQs drop 50 points when they get behind the wheel of a car. Now I think the same holds true for people who buy newspaper companies.